MONTHLY REPORT - BANGKOK BUREAU - JANUARY 1985

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• Publication Date: February 6, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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06 February 1985
MBK-5002
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report - Bangkok Bureau - January 1985
Vietnam followed up its vigorous early dry season offensive in Cambodia
by overrunning the headquarters near the Thai border of the KPNLF faction of the
resistance forces in early January and dealing other sharp blows to that faction.
By month's end the Vietnamese also were preparing to attack Khmer Rouge strongholds
in the area. One result has been increased clashes with Thai forces, which in turn
elicited Chinese expressions of support for Thailand and the Cambodian resistance as
well as heightened warnings of trouble along the Sino-Vietnamese border.
the series of installments was in progress:)
tator failed to notice that some of the passages he quoted used "Kampuchea" while
other quotations used "Cambodia"--the change in FBIS style having taken place while
The bureau's Vietnamese unit processed what seems to be a local best seller, an
article on Vietnam's policy in Cambodia by Politburo member Gen. Le Duc Anh in the
military journal TAP CHI QUAN DOI NHAN DAN. Texted from installments carried by
Hanoi radio, the article attracted attention for its discussion of Indochina as an
integrated strategic theater, of the problems encountered by the Vietnamese from their
involvement in Cambodia, and of the need to develop a Cambodian political infrastruc-
ture. (Among others using the bureau's translation, the Bangkok POST Indochina commen-
ILLEGIB II. OPERATIONS
STAT
clandestine Vietnam Resistance Radio, probably due to ,jamming, the bureau ceased
wirefiling program summaries to Headquarters and BBC effective 7 January., These are
now being pouched to AG.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Following more than 6 months of nearly unmonitorable coverage of the
2. The training of new South Asian monitor) who gives
the bureau a Tamil capability, has progressed to the point that a Colombo and a Moscow
Tamil-language cast could be added to coverage effective 30 January.
B. Lateral Services
STAT
At a dinner party attended by Deputy Chief) on 30 January,
Australian Ambassador Gordon Jockel, dean of the diplomatic corps in Thailand and
former director of the JIO, praised FBIS translations at length. During a discussion
of the Le Duc Anh article, Jockel said he had obtained from the American Embassy the
FBIS version of the item in order to have the "definitive translation" and went on
to say that he had been seeking out FBIS translations of important items for more
than 30 years.
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STAT
STAT
STAT
C. Technical
1. The bureau received and has already effectively employed a system
of Motorola paging receivers. These will ensure that a technician or the engineers
can be contacted after duty hours or when the telephone system is not working
(which is often the case at present).
2. The bureau has received its third IBM-PC, and eight employees have been
designated to receive training on the computers from co nrtnrqbeino, q-- from
Headquarters in February. Communications Section chief 7 is pro-
viding a crash introductory course to the those designated students who ave little
or no experience with computers.
A. Personnel
Teletypist gave birth to a boy on 16 January.
B. Building and Grounds
The air conditioning system on the operations floor has been providing
uneven coverage, particularly in the. evening hours, throughout the month, The Kian
Gwan service personnel and the bureau engineers have.been spending considerable time
adjusting the system to work reliably.
A. Darryl Johnson, political counselor, American Embassy, Beijing, visited the
bureau 4 January.
B. Bahrain senior editor
private travel.
visited the bureau on 10 January while on
C. Islamabad Unit Chiefl (visited the bureau on TDY on 16 January.
STAT D. Bahrain Chief Monitor
private travel.
STAT
STAT
STAT
visited the bureau 17 January while on
V. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
A. Chief Monitor won the 5-6 January doubles tennis tournament of
the Rama IV Club, the weekend club composed principally of FBIS, Aerothai, Thai
military and Thai government employees.
B. Deputy Chief traveled to the northern city of Chiang Mai under
the sponsorship of USIS to give a lecture on music at Payap University on 14 January
and a lecture on drama at the Chiang Mai Drama Festival on the 15th. He has since been
asked to repeat the drama lecture at the university in the southern city of Songkla
as well. (These activities suggest interesting rotation. p9sq1hi.4.tieP,1 (L )
RAW:lf
Attachments: Monthly Production Report
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BANGKOK BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR JANUARY 1985
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
AUSTRALIA
Melbourne Overseas Service in
English
Sydney THE AUSTRALIAN in
English
Sydney THE BULLETIN in
English
Sydney THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN in
English
BANGLADESH
763,590
310,670
1,661
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
19,190 20,450 247.00
min. min. issues
23,370
Dhaka
Domestic
Service in
940
1
Dhaka
Bengali
Domestic
Service in
,
390
4
Dhaka
English
Overseas
Service in
,
410
Dhaka
Bengali
Overseas
Service in
270
1
English
,
Dhaka BSS in
English
Dhaka SANGBAD in
Bengali
Dhaka THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER in
English
BRUNEI
Kuala Belait THE BORNEO BULLETIN in
English
Rangoon Domestic Service in
Burmese
2,480
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Rangoon BOTATAUNG in
Burmese
Rangoon LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZIN in
Burmese
Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in
Burmese
Rangoon WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in
090
2
English
,
CHINA
Beijing International Service in
460
Bengali
Beijing International Service in
330
2
,
Burmese
Beijing International Service in
Indonesian
550
Beijing International Service in
Lao
Beijing International Service in
0
740
1,
Thai
Beijing in
480
Cambodian to Kampuchea
1,
Beijing in
Hindi to India
Beijing in
Malay to Malaysia
Beijing in
Urdu to India and Pakistan
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Vietnam Resistance Radio in
Vietnamese
0
(Clandestine)
Cambodian
Voice of Democratic Kampuchea in
31,980
(Clandestine)
Voice of Malayan Democracy in
040
13
Malay
(Clandestine)
Cambodian
Voice of The National Army Democratic Kampuchea in
,
20,910
(Clandestine)
Voice of The People of Burma in
910
3
Burmese
(Clandestine)
Voice of The People of Malaysia in
,
420
13
Malay
,
HONG KONG
Hong Kong AFP in
English
INDIA
Delhi Domestic Service in
English
45,970
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
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Delhi General Overseas Service in
English
Bombay PTI in
English
Delhi ISI Diplomatic Information Service in
English
Bombay THE TIMES OF INDIA in
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
2,660
2,750
English
Calcutta ANANDA BAZAR PATRIKA in
Bengali
0
Calcutta THE STATESMAN in
Delhi
English
INDIAN EXPRESS in
600
000
3
Delhi
English
NATIONAL HERALD in
,
0
Delhi
English
PATRIOT in
250
1
English
,
Delhi THE HINDUSTAN TIMES in
English
Madras THE HINDU in
English
1,260
INDONESIA
Jakarta Domestic Service in
Indonesian
Jakarta International Service in
English
22,690
1,540
Jakarta BERITA BUANA in
0
Indonesian
Jakarta JAKARTA POST in
430
English
Jakarta KOMPAS in
Indonesian
2,130
Jakarta MERDEKA in
Indonesian
1,870
Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in
190
1
Indonesian
,
Jakarta TEMPO in
Indonesian
Jakarta THE INDONESIA TIMES in
English
KAMPUCHEA
Phnom Penh Domestic Service in
Cambodian
Phnom Penh SPK in
English
Phnom Penh SPK in
French
Phnom Penh SPK in
French to KPL Vientiane
57,910
24,090
8,480
0
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Phnom Penh VNA in
Vietnamese to VNA Hanoi
Vientiane Domestic Service in
Lao
Vientiane KPL in
English
Vientiane KPL in
English/French to SPK Phnom Penh
Vientiane SPK in
French to SPK Phnom Penh
Vientiane VNA in
Vietnamese to VNA Hanoi
Vientiane PASASON in
Lao
MALAYSIA
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
67,490
Kuala
Lumpur
English
Domestic Service in
3,620
Kuala
Lumpur
Malay
Domestic Service in
1,700
Kuala
Lumpur
English
International Service in
6,670
Kuala
Lumpur
English
NEW STRAITS TIMES in
3,870
Kuala
NEPAL
Lumpur
English
NEW SUNDAY TIMES in
Katmandu External Service in
English
Katmandu THE RISING NEPAL in
English
PAKISTAN
Karachi Domestic Service in
English
Karachi Domestic Service in
Urdu
Karachi Overseas Service in
Urdu
SINGAPORE
Singapore Domestic Service in
English
Singapore THE STRAITS TIMES in
English
Singapore THE SUNDAY TIMES in
English
6,990
12,080
3,250
5,120
1,770
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
SRI LANKA
Colombo Domestic Service in
English
Colombo International Service in
English
Colombo International Service in
Hindi
Colombo DAILY NEWS in
3,280
7,240
490
English
Colombo SUN in
English
Colombo WEEKEND in
English
THAILAND
Bangkok Domestic Service in
English
Bangkok Domestic Service in
Thai
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
Cambodian
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
English
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
Lao
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
Thai
2,360
14,780
0
1,960
1,170
16,400
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
Vietnamese
Bangkok BAN MUANG in
Thai
440
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in
English
31,620
Bangkok BANGKOK WORLD in
English
20,740
Bangkok LAK THAI in
Thai
3,320
Bangkok MATICHON SUT SAPDA in
Thai
1,070
Bangkok MATICHON in
Thai
4,060
Bangkok MATUPHUM in
Thai
500
Bangkok PATINYA in
Thai
0
Bangkok SIAM RAT in
Thai
3,760
Bangkok SU ANAKHOT in
Thai
850
Bangkok THAI RAT in
Thai
2,710
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
Bangkok THE NATION REVIEW in
English
Bangkok WIWAT in
Thai
26,680
1,490
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress in
0
Indonesian
Moscow in
Bengali to Bangladesh
0
Moscow in
Burmese to Burma
1,300
Moscow in
Cambodian to Kampuchea
1,180
Moscow in
Hindi to India
2,020
Moscow in
Indonesian to Indonesia
470
Moscow in
690
1
Lao to Laos
Moscow in
,
0
Thai to Thailand
Moscow in
Urdu to India
Moscow in
Urdu to Pakistan
UNITED KINGDOM
London BBC World Service in
English
1,550.
VIETNAM
Hanoi
Domestic Service in
Vietnamese
109,870
Hanoi
International Service in
Cambodian
0
Hanoi
International Service in
English
12,510
Hanoi
International Service in
Thai
Hanoi NHAN DAN in
Vietnamese to NHAN DAN Ho Chi Minh City
Hanoi VNA in
English
12,670
Hanoi NHAN DAN in
970
30
Vietnamese
Hanoi QUAN DOI NHAN DAN in
Vietnamese
,
3,580
Hanoi TAP CHI CONG SAN in
0
Vietnamese
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